Beyond the Reading Room

Anecdotes and other notes from the U-M Special Collections Research Center.
Detailed illustration from Audubon's Birds of North America of a nest in a tree with birds sitting around it.

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original drawing and inscription by Dr. Seuss: "For the Lee Walps"
  • Anne Elias
The Lee Walp Family Juvenile Book Collection is a trove of children’s literature, representing authors and illustrators throughout the 20th century both through published works and through correspondence, clippings, and original artwork. The collection is now completely cataloged and can be requested in Mirlyn for use in the Reading Room.
Tour Program for the 8th US Army
  • Ikumi Eileen Crocoll
The Alfred Rodman Hussey Papers have arrived at Special Collections! Alfred Rodman Hussey played a very important role in drafting the new Japanese constitution and restructuring the Japanese government during the Allied occupation of Japan post-WWII. This blog post discusses the processing of these papers that has led to the increased discoverability and improved storage of the materials, added experience for the student University Library Associate, and a finding aid and catalog record.
Cookbook page with recipe for Spice Fingers
  • Jacqueline L Jacobson
This month’s recipe is out of a WWII food conservation pamphlet, A Guide to Wartime Cooking, by Meredith Moulton Redhead and Edith Elliott Swank, part of a box of war-related culinary ephemera.
  • Martha O'Hara Conway
Welcome to our blog! We will take you into the stacks, behind the scenes, and well "Beyond the Reading Room" with stories about the collections, services, programs, and activities of the Special Collections Library.